General Science and Philosophy

Estimating Moment or Kshana as a Lowest Quantum Time Interval Using the Heisenberg Uncertainty Relation, Within the Context of Compton Effect and Fourier Relationships for Free Wave Packets.

Authors: Shesharao Wanjerkhede
Comments: 10 Pages.

In this treatment, Kshana or moment is used as a proposed lowestindivisible quantum of time, distinct from its philosophical origin andevaluated here as a physical hypothesis. Applying the Heisenberg uncertainty relation to particle localization through high-energy photon scattering in the Compton-effect framework, and Fourier relationships of freewave-packets estimated the lowest quantum time interval Kshana or moment based on the statement of Maharishi Vyasa in his commentary onPatanjali Yoga Darshan. The calculated lowest mean interval is

∆t_min = 1.93213300126795 × 10⁻²¹

sec, which is 4.5 % lower than the previouslyreported value

2.0233249470 ×10⁻²¹

sec, by the author. The value obtained from the Fourier relationships of free wave packets may be proposed as a lowest, indivisible quantum time Kshana derived from theHeisenberg’s uncertainty relation. This discrepancy may arise from theuncertainty relation itself; however, the difference between two values, onefrom uncertainty relation and the other value found previously by the author requires further investigation. Results should therefore be read asa theoretical estimate dependent on the chosen uncertainty relation andlocalization assumptions, and the discrepancy with earlier values requiresfurther mathematical and experimental scrutiny. Kshana is experimentally measurable in future. There are possibilities of using it for timemeasurement at subatomic level in physical science that studies matter,energy, and the fundamental laws of nature.
Category: General Science and Philosophy

The Resolution of Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing

Authors: Mauro Alfonso Montenegro
Comments: 23 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Please submit article written with AI assistance to ai.viXra.org)

Why is there something rather than nothing? This paper argues that the question is often framed by a false symmetry. Absolute nothingness is not a state, cause, possibility space, probability distribution, or background; it contains no laws, powers, relations, time, or potentiality. By contrast, deprivation, destruction, falsehood, and death are intelligible only relative to positive realities that can be damaged, falsified, or lost. This paper distinguishes an epistemic asymmetry between construction and criticism from an ontological asymmetry between actualityand privation. The proposed resolution is that nothingness cannot stand as an ontological rival to being or generate being. The live question is instead what kind of actuality is non-derivative- brute actuality, necessary actuality, or an endless structure of dependence. Classical Christian metaphysics offers one coherentcompletion by identifying the non-derivative ground with God and evil with privation, but that identification requires further premises.
Category: General Science and Philosophy

On the Boundary Problem in the Origins of Matter, Life, and Consciousness

Authors: Sergey B. Yurchenko
Comments: 20 Pages.

Science has made great strides in answering many questions, but three major mysteries remain unsolved. Although these mysteries belong to different fields of science — physics, biology, and neuroscience — they all confront with the boundary problem. These are scientific investigations into the origins of matter, life, and consciousness, which extend beyond empirical and rational methods in the search for definitive answers. Here, this problem is presented as the search for the lowest boundaries for three forms of existence: physical, biological, and conscious. They are then translated into the context of Big Bang cosmology, abiogenesis, and the neuroscience of consciousness, each representing an ontological singularity with its own epistemological event horizon.
Category: General Science and Philosophy